Cross Country: VHSL AA Girls State Meet

(Nov. 10, 2012) - Full results from today's VHSL AA girls state cross country meet:

VIRGINIA STATE XC CHAMPIONSHIP - GIRLS AA
GREAT MEADOW
Nov. 10, 2012
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Results by runhigh.com

PLACE TEAM                POINTS  PLACES OF FINISHERS              AVG. TIME SPREAD

  1 Blacksburg               86    3    7   14   24   38   45   49    19:35    1:57
  2 Grafton                 129    5    9   10   52   53  105  109    19:56    1:41
  3 Jefferson Forest        130    4   21   29   34   42   43   58    20:00    1:25
  4 Hidden Valley           131    1   20   28   35   47   87         19:51    2:31
  5 Tuscarora               157   13   15   32   46   51   68   74    20:12    1:14

Cheer: Four-recious Falcons! Briar Woods Captures 4th Straight AA State Title

Richmond (Nov. 10, 2012) - The Briar Woods High School competitive cheer squad joined the record books Saturday as they became just the third athletic program in Loudoun history to capture four straight state titles with a win at the AA state meet at VCU.

The Falcons four-year run joins the ranks of Broad Run girls soccer (2008-11) and Loudoun County girls volleyball (2007-10).

News: VHSL, PlayOn! Sports Partner to Create VHSL Network High School Sports Coverage Premiers with Cheer Today!

Charlottesville (Nov. 10, 2012) -- The Virginia High School League (VHSL) and PlayOn! Sports (PlayOn) jointly announced this week the launch of the VHSL Network, a partnership providing multi-platform distribution of Virginia High School League sports content. Unprecedented postseason coverage of VHSL events, beginning today with the Competitive Cheer States, will be made available to fans in a variety of live and on-demand formats across television, web and mobile devices.

Gymnastics: APEX Kicks off Competitive Season this Weekend

(Nov. 10, 20120 -  APEX Gymnastics teams kicks off their competitive season this weekend with their 16th Annual In House Competition. Competition begins tonight with boys gymnastics and all day Sunday with the girls teams. Admission is free and all are invited. APEX gymnasts levels 4 - 10 will compete in this sanctioned event including the five senior gymnasts who start their final season.

VivaLoudoun gymnastics coverage sponsored by APEX Gymnastics! Please thank them for supporting VivaLoudoun!

Photo Galleries: Competitive Cheer - Dulles District and Region II

(Nov. 10, 2012) - What better way to get ready for today's VHSL competitive cheer AA and AAA state meets than to view some great photo galleries. Aaron Wyche has some amazing shots from the Region II meet -- almost 800 total! -- and Jeff Vennitti, Chas Sumser and Dan Sousa have shots from the Dulles District meet -- almost 400 total!

Region II Meet: Briar Woods by Aaron Wyche (111 shots)


Region II Meet: Tuscarora by Aaron Wyche (96 shots)


Region II Meet: Loudoun County by Aaron Wyche (66 shots)


Region II Meet: Dominion by Aaron Wyche (57 shots)



Dulles District Cheer by Chas Sumser (158 shots)




Dulles District Cheer by Jeff Vennitti (165 shots)




Dulles District Cheer Awards by Dan Sousa (61 shots)




Other Region II galleries by Aaron Wyche:
Sherando (95 shots)
Monticello (61 shots)
Louisa County (53 shots)
Kettle Run (48 shots)
James Wood (93 shots)
Brentsville (104 shots)
John Champe (23 shots)

Breaking: Tuscarora Girls Take 5th at AA State Cross Country Meet; Loudoun County's Patrick Joseph 2nd in Boys Race

(Nov. 10, 2012) - The Tuscarora High School girls cross country team capped a wonderful season in The Plains today with a fifth place finish at the VHSL AA state meet. In the boys race Loudoun County senior Patrick Joseph finished off his brilliant Raider career with a second place finish. In 2011 he was fourth overall and as a sophomore he was 18th.

Check back for complete results later today.

Cheer: Briar Woods, Broad Run, Stone Bridge, Tuscarora Compete for State Titles Today at VCU

(Nov. 10, 2012) - Four Loudoun competitive high school cheer teams will compete for VHSL state titles today at VCU in Richmond with Briar Woods and Tuscarora in the AA state meet and Broad Run and Stone Bridge in the AAA state meet.

Tuscarora making its first state appearance, competes at 1:50 p.m. in the prelims. Briar Woods, the 3-time defending state champion, is last up of the 16 AA schools at 3:03 p.m.

Broad Run preforms in prelims at 5:44 with Stone Bridge at 5:57.

Football: Tuscarora 42, Millbrook 21 (Box)

(Nov. 10, 2012) - History just about repeated itself Friday night in Leesburg as Tuscarora doubled up on Millbrook for the second time this season. The Huskies opened the 2012 year with a 41-21 win at Millbrook and Friday in the opening round of the playoffs it was the Huskies again, 42-21.

Tuscarora (10-1) will look for history to repeat itself again as the Huskies host crosstown rival Loudoun County (9-2) Friday in the Region II Division 4 semifinals.

Friday's game was tight at the half, 7-7, but Tuscarora busted out for 28 third quarter points including two scores on defense to win the school's second ever playoff game.

Tuscarora 42, Millbrook 21 (Box)

Football: Briar Woods 34, Powhatan 7 (Box)

(Nov. 10, 2012) - The final score may look like yet another lopsided Briar Woods High School football playoff victory but the two-time defending VHSL Division 4 state champion Falcons were within six seconds Friday of trailing No. 8 seed Powhatan, 7-0, at the half.

Briar Woods junior quarterback Trace McSorley, however, connected with senior Cam Serigne for a 2-yard touchdown pass that gave the Falcons momentum and McSorley tossed three more touchdown passes in the third quarter, including a 54-yarder to Serigne and TDs of 3 and 76 yards to senior Devin Ramos, as the Falcons extended the state's longest winning streak to 25 games. (see McSorley's game-by-game career stats; 38-3 as a starter!)

One concern for the Falcons, who will host Liberty in the Region II semifinals next week, is that University of South Carolina super recruit, senior linebacker Matt Rolin, missed the second half after a first half injury. Serigne and the rest of the defensive picked up the slack including a 30-yard pick six for Serigne for the final score of the night.

Briar Woods 34, Powhatan 7 (Box)

Football: Stone Bridge 69, Edison 7 (Box)

(Nov. 10, 2012) - Stanford recruit Ryan Burns threw for 309 yards and six touchdown ... in the first half as the Bulldogs crushed Edison Friday, 69-7, in the first round of the Northern Region Division 5 playoffs.

The Bulldogs, with Burns hooking up with Jimmy Higgins for four scores, led 56-7 at the half. Higgins finished the half with a school-record 171 receiving yards on the four TDs alone, breaking Brian Calloway's mark of 169 from 2004.

It was the most points ever scored by not only a Stone Bridge team in the playoffs but by any Loudoun team in VHSL playoff history.

Stone Bridge 69, Edison 7 (Box)

Football: Loudoun County Takes Out Frustration on Woodgrove for Second Time This Season

By Dan Sousa

Viva Loudoun Editor

Leesburg (Nov. 10, 2012) -  The Loudoun County High School football team has lost twice this season and Woodgrove has had the misfortune of facing the Raiders the following week both times. 

In September the Raiders romped past the Wolverines, 48-7, after falling to Tuscarora, 21-7, the week before and on Friday night the Raiders once again took out their frustration on short-handed Woodgrove as the Raiders rebounded from a 45-0 loss to Briar Woods in the final week of the regular season with an emphatic 36-7 win over the Wolverines in the first round of the playoffs.

"We were disappointed because we didn't play to the best of our ability against Briar Woods," said Raider senior linebacker Nick Anthony who led a County defense that stuffed the Wolverines in the first half, allowing just 18 total yards on 21 plays.

Loudoun County (9-2) will face Leesburg rival Tuscarora (10-1) in a Region II Division 4 semifinal match-up this coming Friday. The Huskies advanced with a 42-21 win over Millbrook.

"We wanted this (rematch with Tuscarora) bad. It's a crosstown rivalry," said Raider senior quarterback Jake Lokey who came out slingin' Friday, throwing for three touchdowns on 17 of 23 passing and 207 yards despite sitting the entire second half.

Football: Playoff Scoreboard Nov. 9

High School Playoff Football Scoreboard - Nov. 9, 2012
Region II
Division 4
No. 1 Briar Woods 35, No. 8 Powhatan 7
No. 5 Liberty 27, No. 4 Sherando 10
No. 3 Loudoun County 36, No. 6 Woodgrove 7
No. 2 Tuscarora 42, No. 7 Millbrook 21

Division 3
No. 1 Skyline 43, No. 8 Loudoun Valley 6
No. 4 Kettle Run 24, No. 5 Warren County 21
No. 3 Monticello 44, No. 6 Fauquier 14
No. 2 Western Albemarle 55, No. 7 Charlottesville 20

Northern Region
Division 5
No. 1 Stone Bridge 69, No. 8 Edison 7
No. 5 Langley 21, No. 4 Hayfield 14
No. 6 South County 19, No. 3 James Madison 14
No. 2 Yorktown 37, No. 7 Thomas Jefferson 7

Division 6
No. 1 Westfield 49, No. 8 West Springfield 7
No. 4 Chantilly 56, No. 5 Robinson 21
No. 3 Centreville 28, No. 6 West Potomac 11
No. 7 Oakton 20, No. 2 Lake Braddock 13

Football: Six Loudoun Teams Ready to Make History Tonight

(Nov. 9, 2012) - Six Loudoun teams are ready to make history tonight as the VHSL playoff start. For Woodgrove, playing at Loudoun County in the Region II Division 4 quarterfinals, it is the school's first ever playoff, while Tuscarora is making its second straight appearance by hosting Millboork also in D4.

Briar Woods, the top seed in D4, is making a fifth appearance and attempting to win a third straight state title.

Stone Bridge in AAA has made 11 appearances since opening in 2000 while Loudoun's two oldest schools -- Loudoun County and Loudoun Valley -- have made nine appearances each. Here is a historical look at every Loudoun playoff game played since 1970 (start of modern era of VHSL athletics):

Loudoun Schools in the VHSL Football Playoffs

All time state titles (6 total)
Briar Woods 2 (2010, 2011)
Broad Run 2 (2008, 2009)
Park View 1 (1988)
Stone Bridge 1 (2007)

All time regional titles (17 total)
Stone Bridge 7 (02, 03, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10)
Park View 5 (80, 88, 93, 99, 00)
Broad Run 2 (08, 09)
Briar Woods 2 (10, 11)
Loudoun Valley 1 (76)

All time playoff seasons (68 total)
Park View 22 (78, 80, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 93, 94, 95, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11) year opened 1976
Stone Bridge 11 (02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12) year opened 2000
Loudoun County 9 (85, 91, 92, 96, 99, 08, 09, 11, 12) year opened 1954
Loudoun Valley 9 (76, 87, 88, 90, 97, 03, 05, 10, 12) year opened 1962
Broad Run 7 (86, 91, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11) year opened 1969
Briar Woods 5 (07, 08, 10, 11, 12) year opened 2005
Tuscarora 2 (11, 12) year opened 2010
Dominion 1 (10) year opened 2003
Heritage 1 (11) year opened 2002
Potomac Falls 1 (08) year opened 1997
Woodgrove 1 (12) year opened 2010
Champe 0 year opened 2012
Freedom 0 year opened 2005

All time playoff records
Stone Bridge 27-9 (.750)
Park View 23-21 (.523)
Broad Run 11-5 (.688)
Briar Woods 11-2 (.846)
Loudoun County 5-8 (.385)
Loudoun Valley 4-9 (.308)
Potomac Falls 1-1 (.500)
Tuscarora 2-1 (.667)
Dominion 0-1 (.000)
Heritage 0-1 (.000)
Woodgrove 0-1 (.000)


since 1970 
  
2012
AAA Northern Region Division 5
Stone Bridge 69, Edison 7 (quarterfinals)
Langley at Stone Bridge (semifinals)

AA Region II Division 4
Briar Woods 35, Powhatan 7 (quarterfinals)Tuscarora 42, Millbrook 21 (quarterfinals)
Loudoun County 36, Woodgrove 7 (quarterfinals)
Liberty at Briar Woods (semifinals)
Loudoun County at Tuscarora (semifinals)

AA Region II Division 3
Skyline 43, Loudoun Valley 6 (quarterfinals)

You Pick'Em Football Contest Sponsored by Gayle King of CENTURY 21 Redwood Realty

(Nov. 9, 2012) - Just two hours left to enter Week 12 of our Viva Loudoun high school football You Pick'Em contest and so far 96 fans have entered ... so your odds of winning a swag Viva T is better than ever!

The contest is simple, you pick the winner's of the local high school football games (complete the form below!) and if you win for the week ...We have offered free t-shirts for either presidential candidate to wear at their last debate so tune it! ...

Each week we will keep your record and at the end of the year the top player will get $100 in their pocket and $100 given to their local Loudoun high school of choice (hey, our site is called Viva Loudoun ... not Viva Winchester ...). Runner-up gets $50 and third place gets $25.

How do we have these cash prizes to give out ... because we sold a bunch of junk on ebay ... just teasing ... it is because Gayle King of CENTURY 21 Redwood Realty is our sponsor. If you see her ... THANK her!

Fine print: All the fine print this week is two simple requests: 1, donate what you can to the  American Red Cross for Hurricane Sandy relief to help those folks that got hit real hard (http://www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy?scode=RSG00000E017&subcode=paiddonationsbrand&gclid=CIG0lNmYsbMCFcuZ4AodlFIADw) and 2, please exercise your right to vote next Tuesday!

News: Special Prosecutor Appointed to Investigate Complaint Against Supervisor Delgaudio

(Nov. 9, 2012) - Loudoun Commonwealth's Attorney Jim Plowman requested the Circuit Court on Thursday to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a complaint made by a former legislative aide to Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio.

The request was based on additional material provided to the Commonwealth's Attorney by the County Attorney that had not previously been reviewed. The Court appointed Theophani Stamos, the Commonwealth'™s Attorney for Arlington County, who has agreed to undertake the assignment.

Girls Volleyball: Nov. 8 Playoff Scores + The Skinny -- Loudoun County, Stone Bridge Punch Tickets to States; Broad Run, Potomac Falls Fall in 5-Set Heartbreakers!

(Nov. 9, 2012) - The Loudoun County and Stone Bridge girls volleyball teams are once again headed back to the VHSL state tournament after regional semifinal wins Thursday while Broad Run and Potomac Falls had their seasons end in 5-set heartbreakers.

Stone Bridge (25-2) will play for a third straight AAA Northern Region title on Saturday against Liberty District rival Langley (24-4) at 6 p.m. at Centreville High School. Loudoun County (24-1) will shoot for an amazing seventh straight Region II title Saturday when the Raiders host James Wood (22-3) at 7 p.m.

Thurs. Nov. 8 Results

Region II Semifinals 

Loudoun County def. Handley, 3-0 (25-8, 25-11, 26-24)

The Skinny:Loudoun County started fast and fought off a late charge to sweep Handley on Thursday night. Loudoun County moves on to the Region Championship this Saturday, and also punches their 7th consecutive ticket to the VHSL AA State Tournament that begins next Tuesday. 

The Lady Raiders won their 14th consecutive match and improved to 24-1 on the season. The Lady Raiders were led to victory by -- 
Maggie Phillips (11 kills, 10 digs, 8 service points, 1 block, 1 ace, 1 assist)
Taylor Huewe (10 kills, 1 assist, 1 dig)
Jane Feddersen (8 kills, 10 service points, 3 aces, 1 block)
Megan Fox (34 assists, 9 service points, 6 digs, 1 kill, 1 ace)
Emily Solis (12 digs, 7 service points, 2 assists, 1 ace)
Kelsey Slack (10 digs, 4 service points)
Kelsey Anderson (12 service points, 4 digs, 2 aces, 1 kill)
Taylor Borup (5 kills, 1 block)
Quinn O'Connell (4 kills, 2 assists, 1 block)
Rachel Roberts (3 kills, 4 blocks, 1 dig). 

The Lady Raiders return to action this Saturday as they host James Wood High School, a 3-2 winner over Potomac Falls, at 7 PM in the Region Final. With a win Saturday, the Raiders would host the State Quarterfinal next Tuesday at 7:00 PM. Come out and support the Raiders this Thursday as they strive for their 7th consecutive Region Championship.

James Wood def. Potomac Falls, 3-2 (23-25, 25-18, 13-25, 25-18, 15-10)

The Skinny: Potomac Falls wonderful season came to an end last night losing to James Wood. Linda Lachey-Helms, PFalls coach, said: "Our four seniors high school careers might have come to an end last night but they leave their mark on PF and high school volleyball. Setting 12 school records. Kayla Carlton, Eileen Fauteux, Patricia Mook and Hailey Bahr are outstanding young women and outstanding role models for everyone around them both on and off the court. We will miss them all so very much."

For PFalls Thurs --   
Kayla Carlton had 20 kills, 2 aces, 15 service pts. and 24 digs 
Eileen Fauteux had 34 assists, 1 ace, 12 service its., 4 kills, 1 block and 23 digs 
Hailey Bahr had 6 blocks and 3 digs 
Patricia Mook had 1 block, 11 digs, 1 ace and 11 service pts. 
Jasmine Ellison had 6 kills, 4 asssits, 2 aces, 6 service pts., 3 blocks and 6 digs 
Makaely Thomas had 12 kills, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 ace, 2 service its., and 20 digs 
Holly Carlton had 1 ace, 4 service its., 14 digs 
Melanie Gonzalez had 1 ace and 1 service pt.  

Northwest Semifinals 

Albemarle def. Broad Run, 3-2 (25-22, 25-22, 20-25, 16-25, 15-10)

Patrick Henry-Roanoke def. Osbourn Park, 3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 12-25, 25-17) 

Northern Region Semifinals at Centreville

Langley def. Madison, 3-2 (22-25, 19-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-9)

Stone Bridge def. South County, 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-16)

The Skinny: For SB --
Ryan Ackermann 14 kills, 13 digs, 2 blocks 
Mariah Brantley 9 digs 
Megan Bryn 2 kills, 8 digs, 1 ace 
Megan Ellis 2 kills, 1 dig 
Sarah Fairchild 13 digs, 5 aces! 
Cydney Gill 28 assists, 9 digs, 1 ace 
Libby Haslett 6 kills, 2 digs, 4 blocks 
Shannon Williams 6 kills, 2 digs 

You Pick'Em Week 11 Results - KC of Ashburn Wins! Playoffs Up Next!

(Nov. 9, 2012) - We had 115 fans play last week and 11 went 10-0 with KC of Ashburn taking home the t-shirt prize with a tiebreaker of 38-10 in Briar Woods' actual 45-0 win over Loudoun County. Eight of the 11 perfect pickers had the Raiders scoring 21 or more against the frisky Falcon defense!

Our fans are playing for an overall season prize of $100 to the winner (plus $100 to their favorite Loudoun high school) with second place netting $50 and third place $25.

Mtneer32, our season long leader, went 9-1 and picked up two games on Swift30 and WVU FB. TBreeden jumped into second play with a 9-1 week, now two games back. And BWoods Champ 2010 failed to play for the week (say it ain't so!)!

Weekly the winner gets a swag Viva Loudoun T and the inside track to being named Best Dressed in their high school yearbook!

The LoCo Media Experts: Andy "Worldwide" Hayes of Gameday continues to call 'em as he sees 'em and he sees 'em quite good with a 8-2 week. That kept him two games ahead of Carl "The Big Kat" Lukat of the Loudoun Times-Mirror. Moe "Mo ... Mo ... Mo ... How Do You Like It" Murphy also of the LTM had tough week and feel three games behind Hayes. Also three back is Paul "It's 85 degrees where I live ... every day!" Tenorio, formerly of the Washington Post and now of the Orlando Sentinel.

We should note that last year's champ, Matt Brooks of the Washington Post is four games back and will surely claim he doesn't have enough time to win this season since he has just been named high school sports editor of the Washington Post.

The LoCo Media Experts are playing not only for glory but the overall season winner will have $100 donated to their favorite charity!

And a super big shout out to the sponsor of our You Pick'Em Gayle King of CENTURY 21 Redwood Realty ... her generous support allows us to fund the cash prizes! So give her a pat on the back the next time you see her at a local game! (View the spreadsheet in its entirety)

News: Stone Bridge FBLA Sponsoring Coat Drive

(Nov. 7, 2012) - The Stone Bridge High School FBLA coat drive ends Nov. 9. Gently used coats are needed along with gloves, scarves and hats. Drop off locations are the Ashburn Farm community center and the Stone Bridge main office.

Baseball: Spartans Take Tuscarora Fall Wood Bat Tournament

Mike Martinez, Ty Percheke, Nick Carroll, Matt McCluskey, Nate Moorehead, 
Kyle Cassidy, Coach Murphy, Ben Kline, Lee Stevens, Evan Davis, Zach Engelmann 
Not Pictured: Tom Erlendson, Billy Austin, Michael Johnson, Cole Taggart

(Nov. 7, 2012) - Spartan Baseball won the annual Tuscarora Fall Wood Bat Tournament this past weekend. All the high schools in Loudoun County we represented by players in the event.

Spartan Baseball, which currently trains at REPLAY Sports N Training in Ashburn, has players from Broad Run, Briar Woods, Potomac Falls and Stone Bridge. The team won all four games in the tournament 4-1, 2-0, 3-1 and the championship game 4-3 in 10 innings. 

Replay Sports N Training is the sponsor of Viva Loudoun's
softball & baseball coverage!

Girls Volleyball: Broad Run Junior Taylor Austin Named Cedar Run District Player of the Year

Broad Run: Champions!

(Nov. 7, 2012) - Broad Run High School junior Taylor Austin, who helped the Spartans to both the Cedar Run District regular season as well as tournament titles, has been named the district's Player of the Year in a vote of the coaches.

Broad Run's Ellen Roberts shared Coach of the Year honors with Patriot's Christina Woolwine.

The Spartans placed four athletes on the first team including Austin, senior Tara Compher, senior Amanda Swanson and junior Rachel Hendricks.

Freedom had three first team selections: sophomore Haley Kramer, senior Kaylynn Mayo and senior libero Andrea Phung.

2012 Cedar Run District Girls Volleyball Selections

Redskins: Bye Week Roster Moves Made

(Nov. 7, 2012) - The Washington Redskins announced today that they have made the following roster moves:

• The team waived cornerback David Jones and long snapper Justin Snow. 
• The team signed cornerback Domonique “D.J.” Johnson to their active roster from the practice squad. 
• The team activated long snapper Nick Sundberg from the Reserve/Injured list (designated for return). 
• The team announced that Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform tackle Jammal Brown has been cleared for practice.

Foxcroft School: Field Hockey and Tennis Both Advance to State Semifinals

(Nov. 7, 2012) - Foxcroft School's field hockey and tennis teams BOTH advanced to the semifinals of the Virginia Independent School Athletic Association Division II Tournament Tuesday with comfortable victories in their first-round matches. Neither team had won a state match in at least seven years.

College Corner: Loudoun County Grad Tommy Curtin Helps Virginia Tech win 1st Ever ACC Cross Country Crown

College Corner with editor Noelle Dormio

Courtesy of ACC

(Nov 5, 2012) - Loudoun County High grad Tommy Curtin helped his NCAA Division I Virginia Tech Hookies places 7th in the ACC cross country meet with an incredible 23:56.3 for five miles. This was in the entire conference! He was part of the Tech team that won their first ever ACC cross country
championships. 

“This is just a most improbable victory for us,” Virginia Tech head coach Ben Thomas said. “On paper there are certainly more talented teams, but today we just found a way. All of the guys fought hard today, this is like a dream being the first Virginia Tech team to win an ACC cross country title.

I have known Tommy for a long time, well since my daughter Sammy and Tommy were in Kindergarden together at Evergreen Mills.  The kids keep getting older, but the parents are staying the same. Great job and keep running.

Courtesy of ACC Virginia Tech Cross County Team

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Girls Volleyball: Tues. Nov. 6 Playoff Scoreboard + The Skinny

Viva Loudoun Tues. Nov. 6 High School Girls Volleyball + The Skinny
Playoff Scores

AA Region II
Loudoun County def. Loudoun Valley, 3-1 (25-13, 23-25, 25-17, 25-15)
The Skinny: Loudoun County battled back after dropping the second set to defeat Loudoun Valley for the 4th time this season. The Lady Raiders won their 13th straight match and improved to 23-1 on the season. 

College Corner: Loudoun County Grad Sammy Dormio Makes All Conference 2nd Team Women's Volleyball for D3 Keene State College Owls

College Corner with editor Noelle Dormio

Courtesy of Keene State College

(Nov 6, 2012) - Loudoun County High School grad Sammy Dormio was named Second Team All-Little East Conference for the NCAA Division III Keene State College women's volleyball squad.  Making the transition from libero to outside hitter early in the season, Dormio became an indispensable member of the Keene State Owls, leading the team to the LEC finals. A strong hitter with equally efficient defensive and passing skills, Dormio leads the Owls with over 400 digs, 3.70 per set and over 193 kills.